The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-12-09
TIE LABOR WORLD.
IN THE Z WORLD.
OF lntsses. 10 Employers and En-
ployed.

Builders doing business in twenty
seven of the larger cities of the Union
are represented in the National Asso-
of Builders, the second annual
convention OF which is to be held in
Cincinnati next February A vast
amount of valuable statistical informa-
tion covering the question OF the hours
of labor, wages paid per day Or hour
in the IDLE and busy seasons, strikes
and lockouts-in fact, information of
all kinds relating to building interests,
is noH being gathered to BIZ submitted
at the meeting. The builders through
out the country viii have the adj
vantage of u strong and compact or
ganization.
Most of The southern lumber manu-
facturers are preparing TO add some
thing to their capacity on account of
the exceedingly prosperous year they
have had. An Alabama manufacturer
says all of the old mills and new be-
ginncrs have made money, and 1.-the
mill men are the ~joltiest set We have"
Corn can be bought at from 80 10 20
cents-the cheapest price eycr known
in that state. Large lumber contracts
are being placed at this time for de-
livery through the winter aud spring.
A good deal of timber land is being
purchased for speculative purposes.
The miners throughout the country
have gained very little permanent ad-
vantage BY their agitation this >ycar.
The natural Improvement in demand
has helped wages UP in some localities,
but trade organizat!0n is noi credited
with much OF the improvement. The
miners realize that their mistake for
years has been to fight one coal section
against another. Their effort now is
to establish q scale of WAGES suitable
for the various mining districts, and
then to work together, one section re-
fusing to fill the contracts OF another
section in case ofIstrikes.
A Nashville business summary says
building in and around that CITY is very
brisk. Plans and contracts for new
buildings for ntxtyear are plentiful.
News from surrounding towns within
thirty miles shows that there is great
Industrial activity. Stocks of goods
of any and all kinds are not excessive,
and lumber has advanced from SO cents
to 81 per thousand feet. This is due
to an unexpectedly large demand from
the western prairie states.
American lumber manufacturers
might not be willing to submit. to the
forestry rules that prevail in some 9th
er countries. For instance. in Switz-
erland forests are taxed IS per acre.
The rule throughout Europe is to cut
only a certain proportion Of the trees.
and follow this up by the planting OF
new ones III order that the flli supply
may be kept up. The forests of Pru5,
STA and Switzerland realize the govern.
ments of those countries SIG. 2U0, 0oC
per annum.
If all the blast-furnaco Stag made in
u year IN England should be put IN
one pile II would be nearly taice the
size Of The great pyramid. Half a
million tons Of it are used as a break
water at the mouth OF the Tees. FIT
teen or twenty tons Of it 90 every week
into slag-wooi for boiler coverings
Some of it is run into = glass furnace
and mixed with sand and alkali, which
makes u chop glass. About Go.09C
tons OF raw Stag are cent 10 Germany
in . year.
The best information to be had con.
corning next years probabilities is thar
work of all kinds viii be abundant.
No changes in the hours of labor or it,
wages are anticipated. Employers be
lievc that no extreme steps will hi
taken unless IN attempt shall be mad,
TO equalize the rates OF wages IN dill,
forent branches of trade. There is /;
possibility of trouble with the brick
masters, but efforts are to be made thi.
winter to adjuss ail differences.
Industrial enterprises seem 10 h,
gaining courage in the south as tht
season progresses. A new silk factor,
is to be erected at Wadesboro,a w0olCT
factory at Fayetteville, y cotton fac.
tory at Abbeyvile C. $. @, and sevcra
furniture factories. a DOZEN or NOR
cotton gins are projected in Georgia
and even in Florida = good deal O
manufacturing capittl is finding en-,
%ploynent. The amo activity is seer
in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
Manufacturing towns are springina
up all oyer the vast region west of lh,
Mississippi, and there is a orea,
scarcity OF material in many OF them.
Labor is in demand to hurry along
building operations, and there is u,
appearance Of a surplus of tabor any.
where in the southwest. Mechanic
are earning very good wages, and in.
stead Of returning cast for the WHITE
they expect to remain where they are
Tie textile Industry in general is ii
an excellent condition, and there is
steady Improvement in the qnality O
goods. Competition both here an,
elsewhere wiz geep margins at barrel,
remuneratiyc point, but this will no
prevent the projection Of new work.
and the expansion cf old ones, Ih,
consumption Soolen man
aiactarea Hranisfo about ss2a7, coo,
600 patrr